The Matrix Audio MS-1 Music Streamer is a flagship high-end network player and DAC designed for audiophiles seeking uncompromising sound quality, flexibility, and refined industrial design. Built on the advanced MA Player Hi-Fi streaming platform, the MS-1 delivers bit-perfect playback with a streamlined Linux-based architecture optimized exclusively for audio performance. At its core is a true dual-mono D/A architecture featuring AK4191 + AK4499 flagship DAC chipsets, with fully independent left and right channel PCB layouts for exceptional dynamic range, low noise, and precise musical detail. The MS-1 functions as a complete digital hub, offering USB, optical, coaxial, and IIS-LVDS digital inputs, along with balanced and unbalanced analog inputs and a MM/MC phono stage—all converted via high-precision ADC and available for digital output. A built-in high-performance preamplifier with precision resistor-array volume control drives power amplifiers or active speakers directly, while an NVMe SSD slot enables fast, silent internal music storage. Controlled entirely via the MA Remote App, the MS-1 redefines reference-grade streaming convenience.
Matrix Audio MS-1 Music Streamer (Silver)
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DESCRIPTION
The Matrix Audio MS-1 Music Streamer is a flagship high-end network player and DAC designed for audiophiles seeking uncompromising sound quality, flexibility, and refined industrial design. Built on the advanced MA Player Hi-Fi streaming platform, the MS-1 delivers bit-perfect playback with a streamlined Linux-based architecture optimized exclusively for audio performance. At its core is a true dual-mono D/A architecture featuring AK4191 + AK4499 flagship DAC chipsets, with fully independent left and right channel PCB layouts for exceptional dynamic range, low noise, and precise musical detail. The MS-1 functions as a complete digital hub, offering USB, optical, coaxial, and IIS-LVDS digital inputs, along with balanced and unbalanced analog inputs and a MM/MC phono stage—all converted via high-precision ADC and available for digital output. A built-in high-performance preamplifier with precision resistor-array volume control drives power amplifiers or active speakers directly, while an NVMe SSD slot enables fast, silent internal music storage. Controlled entirely via the MA Remote App, the MS-1 redefines reference-grade streaming convenience.
FEATURES
MA Remote App: It serves as the core tool for controlling your music streamers. By installing the MA Remote App on your iPhone, iPad or Android phone, they become the most convenient control centers, allowing you to browse and play your local music, enjoy high-resolution music from streaming platforms like SONY Select, TIDAL, Qobuz and HIGHRESAUDIO, Baidu Cloud, QQ Music, listen to exciting online radio stations. Even when music is streaming from Roon or other apps, you also can view the track information through the MA Remote App. Furthermore, the MA Remote App allows you to set every hardware configuration, completely changing the operation of an audio device.
IIS-LVDS Digital Output: MS-1 also works as a high-level audio transport that can output all playing audio as high-resolution signals through IIS-LVDS port. Including audio signals from analog input and phono input. Which enables you to connect to other DACs to achieve different listening experiences.
Analog Input & Phono Input: MS-1 has two pairs of line inputs and one pair of phono input. With XLR and RCA line inputs allowing you to integrate any device with analog output into the digital audio system. The built-in phono preamplifier supports both MM and MC modes, enabling direct connection to a vinyl turntable. All analog audio inputs are converted to digital audio through high-precision ADC, aggregated into the digital processing unit and applied PCM filters. These signals are also allowed to output from the IIS-LVDS port.
Digital Audio Input: Equipped with comprehensive digital input ports, MS-1 can be used as a high-end DAC. With USB, optical, coaxial or IIS-LVDS digital inputs, it can be connected to computers, CD transports, set-top boxes, game consoles and other devices, allowing the audio from these devices to be output through high-quality DAC in MS-1, creating a high-quality audio experience at every aspects.
Preamplifier & Dual Balanced Output: MS-1 Pre features a built-in preamplifier and a precision resistor array volume control. The preamplifier is composed of multi-stage op-amps, which has a +10dB gain and can output audio signals up to 16VRMS. It compatible with power amplifiers or active speakers directly. Providing excellent channel consistency and distortion characteristics even at low volumes. Additionally, MS-1 Pre offers a pair of fixed-level XLR line outputs, which can be used simultaneously with the pre-out. Enables you to connect it to other recording and monitoring devices.
Dual D/A Chip Independent Channel Design: Matrix Audio's first product based on AKM D/A solution, featuring dual AK4191 and AK4499 flagship D/A chipsets. Each chipset works in parallel in mono mode. The left and right channel PCB assemblies are mounted at two sides of the device separately, to form a completely dual mono design. Aiming to a precise signal reproduction and outstanding dynamic range, you can catch every micro details of sound, deeply restoring the essence of music.
NVMe SSD Slot: In order to avoid the annoying experience of frequently plugging and unplugging USB drives, we reserved an NVMe SSD slot on the bottom of the chassis of MS-1. You can install an high-speed SSD as internal storage, avoid of using a 2.5" or 3.5" HDD, completely eliminating the impact of vibration and noise of HDD on sound quality. Music resources stored on the SSD can be maintained through network sharing, or copy the music files from the external storage to the internal storage through MA Remote App.
TECHNICAL SPECS
Digital Input
COAXIAL & OPTICAL
PCM 16-24Bit /44.1kHz, 48kHz, 88.2kHz, 96kHz, 176.4kHz, 192kHz MQA or MQA Studio stream
The USB port works with devices which conform to the USB mass storage standard and supports FAT, FAT32, exFAT, and NTFS file formats, but is not guaranteed to be compatible with all storage devices.
External Clock Input
10MHz / 50Ω / Sine wave or square wave input
Trigger
Trigger in
DC 6-12V <10mA
Trigger out
DC 12V/50mA MAX
Storage Extension
M.2 2280 NVMe PCIe SSD slot x1
The maximum power specification provided by the SSD slot is DC 3.3V 3A.
